Ms. Amy's Blog @Child Central Station

It is hard to believe that this year is coming to a close! With all of the holiday celebrations starting soon, I thought I would share the top 11, as chosen by all of you for 2011!!! (Based upon site visits!). Most of these posts were from 2011, although a couple of them are from 2010 and still going strong with page views! Counting down.... #11 - Bev said- Do This On Monday! #10 - Our Family Daycare (page, not blog post) #9 - Water Beads/Gems #8 - What Would You Do With It Wednesday? Markers that Don't Work #7 - What Would You Do With It Wednesday? Clothespins (A guest post from Deborah Stewart of Teach Preschool ) #6- Outdoor Classroom Inspiration (page, not blog post) #5 - Fabulous Floam #4 - What Would You Do With It Wednesday? (page not blog post) #3 - The Markers Don't Work! #2 - Do It Yourself Light Tables AND (Insert Drumroll here......) The top post of 2011 #1 - Melted Crayon Art! And there they are.... the top 11 pages by view of 2011! Do you have a f...

Use the vision of an artist, look at things not for what they are, but for the potential that they might have........ Repurposing "garbage" into arts and crafts has been something that I have done as long as I can remember. I am rubbing off on my eight year old son. His creativity an ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. I wonder what we could make out of this? Wait! Don't Throw that Away! I can make a car with that, wouldn't this make a great airplane? I love how imaginative and playful he is! It has been a great year creating together. As this year is coming to a close, I thought I would take a look at the most popular posts on this blog this year. I still feel like a "newbee" to the blog world, having posted for about seven months now. I am starting to get the hang of things when I have the time to do so! According to whatever the popular post gadget uses to determine popularity- my top 3 posts were all about using old markers! How Cool is that! Top Post...